{"id":7179,"date":"2017-09-28T16:59:46","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T16:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=7179"},"modified":"2017-09-28T16:59:46","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T16:59:46","slug":"mozilla-firefox-56-released-with-built-in-screenshot-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2017\/09\/mozilla-firefox-56-released-with-built-in-screenshot-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Mozilla Firefox 56 Released with Built-in Screenshot Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/firefox_icon245x250.png\" alt=\"Firefox 55\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5840\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mozilla Firefox web browser has reached the new stable 56.0 release a day ago.<\/p>\n<p>Firefox 56 features a built-in screenshot tool, allows you to take, save, and share screenshots without leaving the browser.<\/p>\n<p>The new release updated the Preferences section with a search tool so users can find a specific setting quickly.<\/p>\n<p>Other changes in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/56.0\/releasenotes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Firefox 56<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>improved Send Tabs feature, it can be discovered even by users without a Firefox Account<\/li>\n<li>Added hardware acceleration for AES-GCM<\/li>\n<li>New Encoding Standard-compliant implementation written in Rust<\/li>\n<li>Updated the Safe Browsing protocol to version 4<\/li>\n<li>Reduced update download file size by approximately 20 percent<\/li>\n<li>Improved security for verifying update downloads<\/li>\n<li>Added Layout Panel to CSS Grid DevTools<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/firefox-screenshot-tool.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/firefox-screenshot-tool-600x383.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"383\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/firefox-screenshot-tool-600x383.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/firefox-screenshot-tool-450x287.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/firefox-screenshot-tool-768x490.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/firefox-screenshot-tool.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Download \/ Install Firefox in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>The best way to install the latest Firefox in Ubuntu is waiting for the distribution builds published in <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/firefox\" target=\"_blank\">security\/updates repository<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Be patient, it will be available in a few days. At that time, you can simply install\/upgrade it via Software Updater:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/upgrade-firefox-450x313.jpg\" alt=\"upgrade firefox 46\" width=\"450\" height=\"313\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/upgrade-firefox-450x313.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/upgrade-firefox-600x418.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/upgrade-firefox.jpg 684w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For those who don&#8217;t want to wait, download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/\" target=\"_blank\">official Firefox package<\/a>, extract and run the executable to launch Firefox 56.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mozilla Firefox web browser has reached the new stable 56.0 release a day ago. Firefox 56 features a built-in screenshot tool, allows you to take, save, and share screenshots without leaving the browser. The new release updated the Preferences section with a search tool so users can find a specific setting quickly. 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